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full version on demo cds for labels?
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| Trancevision |
Within the next days we plan to send out some DEMO CDs.
Should we put full length versions (7-9 minutes) or just some shorter version with fades at the beginning and in the end (length 4-5 minutes).
Any suggestions? |
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| Speactra |
| Definitely full versions.. |
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| tranceinjection |
Most labels don’t have the time to listen to 7-8 minute tunes and you should put in some tunes that are shorter in length, say about a minute and a half on each tune.
Then if they like your music you can send them the full versions, it also stops then from nicking your ideas and using them for their own tunes.
And it has happened to a few people I know, they have sent in their music and been rejected, they then hear their melody in a tune that’s selling like crazy!
Just send certain parts of the tune, i.e. a little taster to get them interested, if they want the tune they will let you know alright.
A label may get 40-60 CDS a day, and has other things to do before listening to demo CDS.
There will be one person who gets the job of listening to demo tunes people have sent, and he only has a certain amount of time to get through as many CDS as he can.
So if he listens to four tracks on a CD at 8 minutes a track then he’s wasted 32 minutes on listening to four tracks.
Times that by the 60 CDS he has to listen to? So it’s impossible to listen to tracks at 7-8 minutes each.
Just send a few tracks with about a minute and a half and that will give him enough time to listen to different parts of the tune.
If he likes the tune he will ask for the full versions, just make sure you put for the attention of his name and let him know that they are being sent to him so he can look out for them. |
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| Sean Walsh |
I disagree with the above advice completely.
Send full versions. You can tell within the first 5 seconds of the intro of a track if it's professional quality, and they'll listen to the entire track if it is regardless of length. |
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| gowansy |
| i remember reading in future music magazine, it said to not post songs that are too long, just a short snippet is good enough. |
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| staticblue |
| A lot of trance labels won't listen unless it's the full track. |
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| [Alpha]Dave |
"please could you send us FULL LENGTH demos rather than clips or faded off versions."
-Anjunabeats.com
/Dave |
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| tranceinjection |
If the label asks for full length tracks then fair enough, most labels just don’t have the time to listen to full length tracks.
Good luck with the labels |
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| Speactra |
| quote: | Originally posted by tranceinjection
If the label asks for full length tracks then fair enough, most labels just don’t have the time to listen to full length tracks.
Good luck with the labels |
Of course they do, it's not harder for them than skipping a minute with winamp?
And you cant hear if a trance track is good enough in 1,5 min... |
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| Limit |
honestly I would put both full version and demo(shorter to the point version on the cd) This will give the listener the choice of either/or. If your intro is like 4 minutes long and and the main point of your tune is like 6 minutes in(just an example) then I would honestly send two versions..on the cd and have them labeled correctly with the shorter version being first. Always expect the person listening to be lazy and not want to do work. Make it easy to get the point accorss of your track. Just think of it this way, if you had to make a radio edit of your track to be played on air how would it sound?? it should be like 3:50 max...why? well you need to get the listener hooked within the first 30-50 sec and the radio has to get as much music playing time as possible, because They have to play 5 million commercials(thats how they make money)...same concept with the labels....listen to as much as possible in the shortest amount of time.
This is all taking into consideration that it is a big label and they get thousands of tracks a day.
It also depends on the type of music you are making to.o..ambient and progressive stuff doesn't really have a main focal point in some cases and you need the progression through the tune to get the feel for it. |
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| tranceinjection |
I was always under the impression that labels didn’t have the time to listen to long tracks; I’ve always gone by music magazine articles on sending demos!
And I understand they can skip tracks on the computer, so why not send in full length versions!
I never knew it had changed so much, I’m sorry if I got it wrong!
Take care and good luck if you’re sending out full length demo versions, just make sure their killer tunes that blow the labels away.
Good luck |
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